Sammy Fain Biography (1902-1989)

Full name Samuel Feinberg; born June 17, 1902, in New York, NY; died of a heart attack, December 6, 1989, University of California at Los Angeles MedicalCenter; son of Abraham (a reverend and cantor) and Mania (Glass) Feinberg; married Sally Fox, June 18, 1941 (divorced 1949); children: Frank.

Also composed songs with Kahal, including "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella,""I Can Dream Can't I," "Nobody Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do," "SecondStar to the Right," "That Old Feeling," "Something I Dreamed Last Night," "Are You Havin' Any Fun," "Dear Hearts and Gentle People," "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up that Old Gang of Mine," and "Was That the Human Thing to Do."

Writings;FILM MUSIC; COMPOSER WITH PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER

Calamity Jane, Warner Brothers, 1953.

Lucky Me, Warner Brothers, 1954.

Title song, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.

Theme song, April Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.

Theme song, Gift of Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.

"A Very Special Love," Marjorie Morningstar, Warner Brothers, 1958.

Theme song, A Certain Smile, Twentieth-Century Fox, 1958.

Mardi Gras, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.

Theme song, Imitation of Life, Universal, 1959.

Joy in the Morning, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1964.

"Paris Lullaby," Made in Paris, MGM, 1966.

Theme song, The Teacher (also known as The Seductress), Crown International, 1974.

Theme song, The Specialist, Crown International, 1975.

Writings;OTHER FILM COMPOSITIONS

Young Man of Manhattan, Paramount, 1930.

"When I Take My Sugar to Tea," Monkey Business, Paramount, 1931.

(With others) The Big Pond, Paramount, 1930.

Goin' to Town, Paramount, 1935.

(With Lew Brown) "Our Penthouse on Third Avenue," "Love Is Never out Of Season," "It Goes to Your Feet," "If I Didn't Have You," "Take the World off Your Shoulders," and "It's the Doctor's Orders," New Faces of 1937, RKO RadioPictures, 1937.

(With Ted Kohler) "And There You Are," Weekend at the Waldorf, MGM, 1945.

(With others) Anchors Aweigh, MGM, 1945.

(With Jack Yellen) "I Want to Be a Drummer in the Band," "How Did You Getout Of My Dreams?," "I Wake up in the Morning," and "Who Killed Vaudeville?," George White's Scandals, RKO Radio Pictures, 1945.

(With Ralph Freed) "The Fire Chief's Daughter," "There Are Two Sides to Every Girl," "Down by the Ocean," "Nellie Martin," "After the Show," "G'wan Your Mudder's Callin," Two Sisters from Boston, MGM, 1946.

"You Brought A New Kind of Love to Me," Children of a Lesser God, Paramount, 1986.

(With others) Radio Days, Orion, 1987.

"Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," Cookie, Warner Brothers, 1989.

"I'll Be Seeing You," Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion, 1989.

"I'll Be Seeing You," New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989.

Also composer of songs that appeared in other films, including "Love Is AMany Splendored Thing," in Shifshuf Naim, 1981; "I'll Be Seeing You," in BadTiming, 1980; and "Secret Love," in Before Stonewall, 1984.